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THE APPEAL
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1922
BiblsThoughtforToday
HOW TO ESCAPE FROM EVIL:
Because thou hast made the Lord,
which is my refuge, even the Most
High, thy habitation there shall no
evil befall thee, neither shall any
plague come nigh thy dwelling. For
he shall give his angels charge over
thee, to keeD thee all thy ways.
Psalm 91:9-11.
THE WELCOME HALL PLAY
GROUNDS
Many months ago, at its inception,
Editor Adams spoke in no uncertain
scathing terms of a separate play
grounds for colored children at West
ern avenue and Rondo street. Five
hundred leading colored citizens in
mass meeting assembled said there
was no need for such an institution.
Some of the best intentioned white
people in the world followed other
advice and invested several thousand
dollars to prove the case. A short
time after the grounds were opened
the original sign was amended to
read "Everybody invited," and the
case was proven. Pass there any
time and take census, the result will
be about 20 white to 1 colored all
playing together agreeably. There
are not enough colored to use more
than a small portion of the equip
ment. There is no disagreement
among the races.
A playground without supervision
is a nuisance. It is just the old gang
or gangs. It will cost at least $200
a month to properly supervise and
care for the grounds. It will cost at
least $10,000 to properly equip the
site. Whether we wish to call it such
or not Welcome Hall is a sectarian
institution, owned by the Presbytery
of St. Paul. The city cannot super
vise a sectarian institution. Some
one offers the suggestion that the
needs of the neighborhood the ex
pansion of the church and the exten
sion of the kingdom can all be best
cared for by the benefactors deeding
the site to the city for playgrounds
purposes and using the $10,000 cash
and $200 per monthly salary to do
social service through Welcome Ha,ll.
Better still the board of directors
of Welcome Hall is composed of per
sons who are closely identified with a
half dozen of St. Paul's largest em
ployers. In all kindness, if those
'.brilliant minds were utilized to find
just a little wore than a menial job
in their institutions our people would
be greatly benefited.
THE APPEAL'S PLATFORM
(RepVmted from THE. APPEAL
September 15, 1903.)
1. THE APPEAL resents the
claim so persistently made by many
Caucasians that this is a "white
man's country." The colored people
are citizens by right and birth and
the Federal Constitution specifically
places all citizens on equality before
the law.
2. THE APPEAL believes that
the idea advanced by certain persons
that the Caucasian race has been es
pecially commissioned by God to rule
all of the colored races is blasphemy.
3. THE APPEAL firmly believes
that in a republic there can be but
cne kind of citizen, hence* challenges
the right of the governmentfed
eral, state or localto discriminate
in any way between citizens by the
enactment of any law which speci
fies that the colored people must be
separated from or treated differently
from the great body of citizens.
THE APPEAL is opposed to class
legislation of every kind.
4. THE APPEAL believes in man
hood suffrage without any educa
tional or property qualifications
whatever, and contend that the law
abiding man of good character, who
does his duty as a citizen and risks
his life in defense of the flag, should
not be deprived of the ballot because
he is poor and cannot read and write.
Disfranchisement works irresistibly
for the denial or abridgement of all
the related rights of citizenship, be
cause a voteless man has no right
which any one is bound to respect.
5. THE APPEAL believes that
the schools supported by public tax
ation should be open to all regardless
of race, color or creed and that every
parent should determine the kind of
education he wishes his children to
receive.
6. THE APPEAL believes that
the statement that the Southern Cau
casians pay the taxes necessary to
educate the Southern colored people
is an economic absurdity. That each
man his place pays as much tax
as any other man in the community
is an economic truism which has
never been disputed by any reputable
sociologist or political economist
from Adam Smith down to the pres
ent time.
7. THE APPEAL knows that the
colored people have been misrepre
sented in the matter of crime. Ene
mies have endeavored to prove that
colored people are a criminal people,
but their statements have been dis
proved by statistics. Caucasian
Americans commit more and baser
crimes than coldred people.
8. THE APPEAL is opposed to
mob law and believes that mob li
cense is more dangerous to the well
being and perpetuity of society than
'the isolated infractions of the law by
individuals.
9. THE APPEAL does not believe
that the Southern Caucasians are the
best friends of the race. The South
ern Caucasian idea of friendship is
the relation of superior and inferior.
In many cases the colored person
who gams the "friendship" of a
Southern Caucasian does so at the
expense of his manhood. THE AP
PEAL*is not willing for the settle
ment of the race question to be left
to the unjust, un-American, unchris
tian South for settlement.
10. THE APPEAL refuses to con
sider any proposition that the colored
man relinquish any of the political or
civil rights now possessed by the
race. Every effort should be made
to retain those which exist and to
regain those which have been lost.
THE APPEAL reaffirms its unal
terable determination to continue to
battle for the right to the end and
come what may, THE APPEAL will
never give up the contention for jus
tice and the absolute equality of all
citizens under the law.
"FOR NEGRO PRESS EXCLU
SIVELY."
THE APPEAL during the war,
patriotically published many pages of
free advertising of Liberty Loans,
Thrift Stamps, War Savings Stamps,
Food Administration notices, etc, and
at a great expense to the publisher.
It was a duty which every American
owed to his native land.
We are now receiving a lot of copy
headed (For the Negro Press exclu
sively) which will NOT appear in THE
APPEAL. It is ridiculous to send out
such stuff and really an insult to the
colored soldiers, who fought for de
mocracy. Thrift Is a very important
matter for ALL Americans, but it is
not limited by color or race or creed
and the identical matter should be
sent to every group of Americans, un
less it be translated into some for
eign language for the benefit of for
eigners who can not read English.
The colored people speak the language
of their native countryEnglish.
In the future as in the past THE
APPEAL will continue to print a por
tion of the official matter it receives,
but no jimcrow matter.
THE APPEAL is not a "negro" pa
per. For years it has had at its busi
ness heading
THE APPEAL
An American Newspaper
and that is what it is. THE APPEAL
believes in Americanism, for every
American of every race, color or creed.
To send out copy sheets prepared
"exclusively for the Negro {press" ia
aa iaftutt to the intelligence, patrto-1 iM West 135th street branch of the
tlsm Americanism of HMtff *JJ*0**
work of stamping out the disease the
VENTIONS URGE
PASSAGE OF ANTI-
LYNGHING BILL.
HISSMIUSEtTiS STATE
DEMOTIC GOHVEHTIOH
TAKES SIIIIUR ACTIO*
Strong resolutions endorsing the
Dyer Anti-Lynching bill and specifi
cally demanding that the United
States Senate pass the measure have
been recently passed by the State Re
publican conventions of Massachu
setts, California and New York, and
by the Massachusetts State Demo
cratic convention, according to an an
nouncement made by the National
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People. The action of these
states has increased the number of
State Republican conventions that
have taken similar action to eight.
The other five are Indiana, Colorado,
Ohio, West Virginia and Missouri.
The resolution passed by the Mass
achusetts State Republican conven
tion through the efforts of Butler R.
Wilson of Boston, not only mentions
the Dyer bill specifically and urges
its passage as speedily as possible,
but scores bitterly race prejudice and
especially disfranchisement. It de
mands that all the rights guaranteed
by the Constitution be secured to the
colored people and further declares
that the Republican party in Massa
chusetts favors legislation that
the laws of the commonwealth, in
cluding the civil service," be adminis
tered "so that public employment may
be open to all citizens impartially."
The Massachusetts Democratic
State convention's resolution was
strongly worded also, demanding that
"both legislation and executive action
put a stop at once and for all to the
disgrace of lynch-law. The consti
tutional guarantee of life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness is a heritage
that should be safeguarded, if neces
sary with Federal legislation."
Mr. Wilson, who wrote the plank
in the Republican resolution, is sec
retary of the Boston branch of the
N. A. A. C. P. and a member of the
national board of directors of the as
sociation.
The action of the California Repub
lican State convention was secured
through the work of E. Burton Ceruti
of Los Angeles, who is also a mem
ber of the national board of directors
of the N. A. A. C. P., and attorney
for the Northern California branch of
the asociation. According to a let
ter from Mr. Ceruti, the endorsement
was included in the platform of the
party. The resolution unequivocally
demanded that the Republican major
ity in the Senate pass the Dyer Bill.
The resolution of the New York
State Republican convention endors
ing the Anti-lynching bill were in
cluded in the platform adopted at Al
bany on September 28, and reads:
"We urge the Senate to pass at the
earliest possible date the Anti-lynch
mg Bill adopted by the House of
Representatives at the last session."
This resolution was the only spe
cific demand on the Senate made by
the New York State convention.
The introduction and pasage of the
resolution was secured through the
activities of Mr. Charles W. Ander
son of New York and Congressman
Ogden L. Mills, who acted at the re
quest of the N. A. A. C. P.
CONG. TINKHAM
ENDORSES DYER
BILL PETITION
Sen. Lodge Also to be Seen
on Special Session Issue
Boston, Mass., Sept. 30.Congress-
man George Holden Tmkham, of Bos
ton, the champion of the 14th Amend
ment and reduction of Southern Rep
resentation has been asked by the
National Equal Rights League to
write to President Harding in sup
port of the League's petition to have
the special of congress called for No
vember 15th with the Dyer Anti
lynching bill named for consideration
and has consented to do so. He has
been renominated for Congress.
The League is now seeking an audi
ence with Senator Lodge to ask the
senior Senator to also endorse the
petition.
Wednesday night at the mass meet
i ing of the local branch the petition
was endorsed enthusiastically by the
large audience and many signatures
secured. Volunteer's ^ook petitions
to gather more signatures in the
churches and club houses.
The League makes it clear that this
is the only way in Which to keep all
the progress made on the bill from
being entirely lost, as at the regular
session an entirely new start will
have to be made. It urges every
newspaper to push it, every church
and secular organization to gather
signatures and send them to the sec
retary, W. M. Trotter, at 34 Cornbill,
Boston.
The League urges all voters to ask
their senators and congressmen to
write to President Harding for this
session.
White Plague a Menace
to N, Y. Colored People
That three times as many colored
persons as white die of tuberculosis
and that the white plague is. a stead
ily increasing menace to New York's
170,000 colored citizens were start
ling declarations made by Dr. James
A. Miller, president of the New York
Tuberculosis association at Harlem's
opening health week meeting held in
English speaking AMERICANS, who Harle Health^InforaationTurea^[ Claiborne McDowell, three white men,
*ft&**R46*&&. Prtl&S***. was organized last month.,,f forfeited bonds yesterday afternoon
REPUBLICAN CON-fETITKIH TO PRESIDENT HARDING ON
To the President,
White House,
Washington, D. C.
Sir:
Now that the world war is over and
military autocracy has been doomed,
I appeal to you as the representative
of the United States at the Peace
Table, to demand the abolition of that
greater menace to the peace of the
world, THE AUTOCRACY OF COLOR.
Through the centuries the colored
races of the globe have been subjected
to the most unjust and inhuman treat
ment by the so-called white peoples.
Every atrocity which the Huns have
inflicted on the helpless white peoples
of the world during the four years of
war now ending, has been suffered by
the colored peoples of the world for
more than four hundred years.
In the recent war the colored races
have furnished as many men as the
white races have supplied, if the labor
and flghtinj ,units are both counted,
and now that victory has been won,
it is but just that the color line which
has hampered the progress of the col
ored peoples, should be abolished at
once. Not only that, but the op
pressed of the white race should be
delivered from oppression.
Mr. President, I shall endeavor to
outline a program which should meet
the approval of every believer in world
democracy:
1. Home rule for Ireland.
2. Home rule for India.
3. Home rule for all colonies which
desire it.
4. Self-determination for the people
of all countries, in which the people
are practically all of one race or na
tionality and yet dominated and op
pressed by a few of a different race or
nationality.
5. The former German colonies to
become republics under the protection
of the League of Nations. These peo
ple are as Capable of self-government
aa the people of Russii, Germany, Tur-
WHITE MEN WHIP
COLORED GIRL
*&
FORFEIT BOND AND GO' FREE
Tiji i
*i\
danl
DYER BILL
SIGN, GET OTHERS TO SIGN. ATTACH SHEETS AND USE
ffo CHURCHES, LODGES, ETC. SEND IN
QUICKLY TO BOSTON.
Petition
We, the undersigned, hereby earnestly petition the Presi-
dent of the U. S. A., Warren G. Harding, through the medium of
the National Equal Rights League, to call the contemplated special
session of Congress and in said call to specify the Dyer Anti-
Lynching bill as a measure for consideration thereat, thereby
averting the loss of all the great progress made on this vital
measure and the consequent delay and danger thereto, which
constitute a real menace, if not calamity, to the Republic. Sent
from National Headquarters, 34 Cornhill, Boston, Massachusetts,
Rev. M. A. N. Shaw, President Wm. Munroe Trotter, Correspond-
ing Secretary.
NAME ADDRESS
(Copy of letter written four years ago to then President Wilson by
John Q. Adams.)
END AUTOCRACY OF COLOR
Asks Editor of THE APPEAL in an Appeal Wired to
President Wilson on the Eve of His
Departure for Peace Table.
Calls Color Line Greater Menace to Permanent World
Peace Than Hun Militarism Just Overthrown.
Asks President to Aid the Oppressed of All Nations.
Races, Colors, Creeds and Sex in Realizing
Liberty, Fraternity and Equality.
Saint Paul, Minn., Dec. 2, 1918. key, or the Balkan States.
6 The abrogation of the "White
Australia" legislation and the ac
knowledgment of the right of all peo
pies to acquire citizenship.
7. The repeal by the United States
of all anti-oriental immigration laws
and the acknowledgment of the right
of Japanese and Chinese and Malays
to become citizens
8. The repeal of all United States
laws classing certain Indians as non
citizens, all people of American Indian
bIo6d to be immediately recognized as
American citizens.
9. The repeal of all laws of the
United States, or of any state, hi which
the Words colored, African, Afro-Amer
ican, Negro, Mulatto, Indian, Japanese
or Chinese are used for the purpose to
making discriminations against the
people of any race, nationality, class
or creed, and the immediate abroga
tion of any color line restrictions en
forced without warrant of law.
10. The nations comprising the
League ef Nations to be forbidden to
nact J"?I legislation which in any way
discriminates' against the people of the
Caticasian, Mongolian, African, Indian,
and Malay races, or against any na
tionality, religious creed or sex.
11. The free immigration of the peo
ple of any one country to any other
country having membership in the
League to be neither denied nor
abridged on account of race, national
ity, class, color, creed, or sex.
The adoption of the foregoing rules
in the Constitution of the League of
Nations would not only mean freedom,
equality and democracy for all man
kind but would be an actual earthly
realization of the Fatherhood of God
and the Brotherhood of Man.
Trusting Mr. President, that you will
as the representative of our great re
public, advocate the principles I have
enumerated, I am,
Very truly yours,
1
Grecnwaod, N. O, Sept* 26.-^Spe^ fd out of the city to prevent he* tee-
ig. & Johnson, l/& W SW**..., W *Hfe ft
Cvreenville and was brought back to
testify, having been kept in tne city
jail for safekeeping, tjjtftffc
JOH N Q. ADAMS,
Editor The Appeal.
in the city court4 rather than stand
trial for the alleged whipping of
Irene Fisher, a colored girl, several
Weeks ago. The girl is alleged to
have been almost beaten to death be
cause one of the men accused her of
taking a $10 gold piece which he is
said to have later found in his pocket.
A felwi* nightsd aftehavthe whipping
allege to been spirit
Awaits Wife's Return
37 Years Then Dies
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8-
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Honolulu, T. H.Oolburn H.
Maemae, Hawaiian, waited 87
years for his wife, Emily, to re
turn to him before he brought
suit for divorce on the ground
of desertion, he testified at the
hearing of htf case.
Maemae and his wife were
married in Ewa, Aim*, in 1884,
the year following the corona
tion of King Kalakaua. She left
Mm fete* month* after the mar
riage. &ace then Be has waited
fof b)er return, but finally de
cided she "meant to sTfiy away,"
ne said,
Mrs. Maemae now is a "fisher
lady" and resides on one of the
small islands in Kallhi harbor,
adjoining Honolulu bay.
i
GIN SPANISH MOSS IN SOUTH
Fiber Said to Furnish Excellent Ma
terial for Upholstery, Mattresses
and Other Purposes.
Brazoria, Tex.One of rapidly grow
ing industries of Texas and Louisiana
is gathering Spanish gray moss and
commercializing the product. The
moss is put through a ginning process
by which the fiber Is extracted. It is
then used for upholstering, mattresses
and other purposes. There are a num
ber of these moss factories scattered
through southeastern Texas and east
ern Louisiana. One of the largest of
these is at Brazoria.
In Louisiana there are probably half
a dozen large moss factories with an
investment each of close to $100,000,
while there are a score or more
smaller plants located through the gulf
coast of Louisiana and Texas, each
with $6,000 to $15,000 invested.
The moss is a parasite that has
caused the destruction of many mil
lions of dollars' worth of trees. It
often hangs in thick strands several
feet long. Running through the moss
is a fine, strong and dark fiber which
has become commercially known as
vegetable hair. It is this fiber that is
now in great demand for upholstering.
For upwards of a hundred years the
people of Louisiana and Texas have
home-cured this growth and made ex
ceptionally comfortable mattresses
from it.
LONDON CHINATOWN DOOMED
Oriental Population Drops From
2,000 to 700 in Four Years, Says
London Paper.
London.London's Chinatown is fast
disappearing. Four years ago 2,000
Chinese seamen were living within a
stone's throw of the West India dock
gates. Now it is doubtful whether
there are 700, says the Daily News.
During the war London's China
town had its most prosperous days,
for quite a number of British ships
were manned by Chinese crews. But
when the war ended the edict went
forth "British crews for British ships,'*
and as the Chinamen were paid off
they either went back to China or to
some other country where their labor
was in demand. Chinese traders in
Chinatown began to suffer and one
after another had to put up their
shutters.
Then suddenly there came a boom. A
beautiful actress died while attend
ing an opium-smoking party. Stories
were printed about the thrills to be
experienced in Chinese opium dens,
and public attention was focused on
the sinister alleys and byways of
Chinatown, but gradually the novelty
wore off.
WAR OFFICER WEARS $9 SUIT
John Martyn Sets Example for Rigid
Economy With Clothes Made
From Flour Sacks.
Washington.An example of econ
omy in line with that now exercised
throughout the army has been set the
civilian employees of the War depart
ment by John Martyn, private secre
tary to the secretary of war. He is
boasting the cheapest suit of clothes
ever worn by a department officer,
proudly admitting that it was fash
ioned from three flour sacks, pur
chased in Panama at a cost of $1
each. The tailor's fee brings the total
cost of an outfit to $9, Mr. Martyn
said.
TREE SET BY KING IS DEAD
Soil in Front of Pennsylvania Capitol
Is Too Rich for Tree Planted
by Belgian Monarch.
Harrisburg, Pa.Tb larch tree
planted by the king of the Belgians
at the time of his visit to Harrisburg
in 1920 and the companion tree plant
ed In honor of Queen Elizabeth in
front of he state capitol have died
because the ground was too rich. The
trees were planted in the midst of
flower beds where the soil has been
fertilized for more than a century for
gardening purposes.
The Foch tree planted by the French
marshal is thriving.
Yank Relief Cuts Russ Cholera.
Petrograd.Cholera has been re
duced to an almost negligible number
of cases this summer in Petrograd as
result of sanitary measures invoked
by the medical forces of the American
relief administration through purifica
tion of the city's water supply and the
inoculation of 75,000 persous.
Northwestern Stamp Works.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Rubbe ran O lipo
er cvew
KING LOPS OFF
$50,000 A YEAR
George of Great Britain Forced
to Effect Economies in Ex
pense of Household.
GUTS DIP HIS RACING STUD
In Spite of Rise in Cost of Living, the
King Has Resolutely Declined to
Ask Nation for Any In
crease in Grant.
London.King George has set yet
another example which may advan
tageously be followed by thousands of
his subjects. As a result of recent
economies in the king's household an
annual saving of something like $50,-
000 is being made. This is the re
sult of the special investigation the
king ordered some months ago, when,
in order to achieve economies in ac
cordance with the spirit of the time,
he directed that the whole organiza
tion of the royal household should be
overhauled. The work of reorganiza
tion at Buckingham palace, Windsor
castle and other royal residences has
been in progress ever since. Its com
pletion, with the saving mentioned, is
naturally a matter of satisfaction to
the king, whose financial resources are
probably much overestimated in the
public mind. Moreover, the economy
has been secured without the efficient
and effective administration of the
royal household being impaired in the
slightest. It has to be borne in mind
that the amount of money granted by
the house of commons annually for the
maintenance of the crown and the
royal household remains at the same
figure as in 1914.
Refuses to Ask Increase.
In spite of the general rise in the
cost of living and of all commodi
ties, the king has resolutelj declined
to apply to the nation for any in
crease. This has meant, inevitably,
that he has had to draw heavily upon
his private resources during the past
eight yearsto an extent that uld
cause considerable surprise could the
figures be published. In his task of
reducing expenses the king has been
fortunate in having the assistance of
so experienced and astute a financier
as the veteran Viscount Farquhar, lord
steward of the household. This is
not the first instance in which Lord
Farquhar has been called upon to
act in this capacity. He served King
Edward In similar fashion after he
came to the throne, when it was found
that the entire royal household re
quired to be remodeled, and the many
sinecures that had grown up during
the later years of the reign of Queen
Victoria rigorously abolished
Early in the present year Lord Far
quhar was able to submit a balance
sheet showing how the money was
being expended in the royal house
hold and where reductions might
profitably be made without any loss
of efficiency. This the king consid
ered for some days with very particu
lar care, and in the end gave it his
hearty approval, and this work of re
organization at his various residences
went forward. In the meantime his
majesty decided it was necessary for
him to retrench his personal expenses
in every manner possible. Therefore
he gave directions that his racing stud
be cut down to a minimum and that
no unnecessary expense was to be In
curred In connection with his stables.
He decided, as a farther economy,
that his famous old racing cutter Brit
annia should not be put Into commis
sion this year. This, however, had an
effect upon which the king had not cal
culated.
Britannia to Race Again.
The withdrawal of the yacht from
the races in which it was customary
for it to take part in the past led to
other owners of big yachts deciding
to lay their boats up An unfortunate
blow was thus hit at the sport, and
not a little unemployment was caused
among those who had been accus
tomed to man these large racing
craft. This aspect of the matter was
brought to the notice of the king
when he was staying at Cowes re
cently. Any development causing un
employment at once receives the sym
pathetic attention of the king, who de
cided to inspect the Britannia, now
laid up in the Medina river in the Isle
of Wight, in order to see what re
pairs and renovations would be re
quired to render It seaworthy for the
opening of the yachting season next
year. As a result the Britannia will
hoist her pennant again next year.
This is a fact which will cause the
greatest satisfaction 'in yachting cir
cles throughout the kingdom. It is
also How probable that When the au
tumn sales of bloodstock open at Don
caster, Newmarket and elsewhere, the
king will order new horses to be ob
tained with a view to bringing his
racing stud into line with what it used
to be in the days of King Edward.
Father Wanted a Girl.
Cloversdale, Cal.Dr. J. W. Swisher
of Healdsburg answered a call to
Cloverdale, where the stork was ex
pected at the home of Ray Latton.
Latton made it clear he hoped the new
arrival would be a daughter, and of
fered to double the fee if his hope was
realized if Dr. Swisher would agree to
waive charges If the baby was a boy.
It was agreed, A few hours later twin
daughters were born to Mrs. Latton.
Latton wonders what Dr. Swisher's bill
will be.
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